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With Tim McCarver apparently about to watch the Yankees win another Series, here's a shot of him celebrating the Cards' clinching the 1964 pennant with Barney Schultz.

2 days ago arnec 4 comments 0 recs

Brad Thompson Released

I know I'm posting this at the risk of being nexdef'd again. I haven't read any post comments yet today.

2 days ago andi_k 2 comments 0 recs

So this morning, I had a very serious problem. My 6 popped off of my keyboard. This led me pull up youtube and search for my favorite Moblie On the Run commerical...but I stumbled upon this gem...

3 days ago albrtfn 3 comments 0 recs

Hoffpauir claimed by Blue Jays

"On Tuesday, St. Louis Cardinals second base prospect Jarrett Hoffpauir became a member of the Toronto Blue Jays when he was claimed off waivers. The Cardinals were attempting to remove the 26-year-old from their 40-man roster."

Too bad. I liked Hoffy.

3 days ago andi_k 15 comments 0 recs

Now she isn't wearing any team specific gear... but only one ball park comes to mind with a chain at the top of the wall :)

4 days ago FredbirdisaDork 4 comments 0 recs

Goddamnit.

5 days ago vivaelpujols 9 comments 0 recs

Rube Waddell, St. Louis Browns

And that was just 1903. In one game against the Athletics, Waddell was at bat in the eighth inning with two out and a tying run on second. The catcher threw to second, trying to pick off the runner, but overthrew, and the ball went into the outfield. The runner took off for home. As he rounded third, the center fielder hurled the ball in to home plate …

… and Waddell, to everyone’s horror, knocked it out of the park.

He was declared out for interference. "They’d been feeding me curves all afternoon," he told a flabbergasted Connie Mack, "and this was the first straight ball I’d looked at!"

From futilitycloset.com

6 days ago davethebutcher 0 comments 2 recs

"The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career," Pujols told WXOS-FM on Thursday. "I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family."

Well this is good news

7 days ago vivaelpujols 6 comments 0 recs

Simply and dramatically put, Ankiel is the Cardinals’ Hamlet. He was a tortured soul capable of sheer brilliance. A compelling and riveting story that didn’t end well. And, ultimately, a personality most will wish they could have known — or rather, understood — better. Ankiel’s career as a Cardinal is one of the most remarkable reinventions in baseball, but it is also a story of talent unrealized. That is his legacy. Not just the roman-candle pitching talent who burned bright before burning out. Not just the outfielder. Not just the HGH admission, or the playoff wild pitches or even the seven-RBI magic on Sept. 6, 2007. How he’ll be remembered as a Cardinal is all of that, all that he was, but also all he didn’t become.

The legacy of Rick Ankiel in St. Louis, STL P-D

This is exactly why I like Derrick Goold. This sums up my feelings about Rick Ankiel perfectly. This installment of The Watercooler also includes some interesting insights by Kevin Wheeler and a surprising lack of compassion from Bernie. Of course, Strauss had to get in a parting shot because waaaaahh, nobody wanted to talk to him.

8 days ago andi_k 14 comments 1 recs

Pujols wins MLBPA NL Outstanding Player on Mike and Mike

Audio of Albert Pujols accepting his award. The maching talks some shop re: trying to hit Cliff Lee's pitching. Props to fellow offensive performers, our own badass starters, and Tony La Russa and Mark McGwire.

8 days ago Yadi2Second 0 comments 0 recs